Explanation called from 25 UNP MPs

Foreign travel sans approval

By Piyasena Dissanayake-September 26, 2016, 9:07 am 

Chief Government Whip and Higher Education and Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella, on Saturday sent show cause letters to 25 UNP MPs on the instructions of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, for travelling overseas without informing the party hierarchy.

MPs leaving the country are required to obtain prior approval from the Prime Minister and Chairman of the party.

Of the 30 MPs who had travelled overseas during the same period only five had obtained approval.

The Prime Minister was concerned about the absence of those party members when two important Bills on Finance were scheduled to be taken up for debate, sources said.